I can tell which are definitely the FAKES because they don't look like any of the real casino issued chips. But, someone who isn't an avid Caribbean collector may not. And I am not perfect, I have been fooled by FAKES. And when I see these old casino chips from the 1980's, that should have a lot of table wear and yet look new, I have to suspect that they also might be FAKES. The problem is uncertainty, it is not easy to tell what is real or FAKE. The uncertainty is absolutely horrible for chip collectors, they will avoid anything that they are uncertain about. You see, all that set collectors care about is appearance. Chip collectors care more about history, they want to know that a chip was casino issued and was used on the tables. I doubt that there is anyway to stop set collectors from making FAKES, I think the only thing that chip collectors can do is to document all the FAKES so that we can remove as much uncertainty as possible.

Oscar, I understand that you and the rest of the set collectors are not trying to have a negative effect on chip collectors by making and selling FAKES, but that is exactly what is happening.